Foredown Tower, Portslade
Introduction
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Foredown Tower, Portslade
Image: © nick macneill Taken: 26 Dec 2010
The water tower was built in 1909, but was already unused by the 1970's. It is now a bird watching centre and observatory. It was to suffer closure some years back, but now seems financially secure. A camera bscura was installed in 2011.
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Image Location
Latitude
50.85085
Longitude
-0.215708